Call of Duty: Ghosts - Squad Assault Mode

My favorite part about Call of Duty: Ghosts is the squad assault mode. I loved customizing, ranking up, and fighting alongside my AI team. I installed Alterware because the squad assault mode no longer functions in vanilla Ghosts. However, when I play squad assault in alterware, I am unable to play with my team against other teams, and instead put into a lobby with random bot players with strange names. I suppose this is a workaround implemented in order to avoid having to keep a database of teams to challenge, but it’s still unfortunate. I guess my favorite gamemode is dead ;-;